| ACTRESS | • actress n. A female who performs on the stage or in films. • actress n. (Now rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense). • ACTRESS n. a female actor. |
| BENEFACTRESS | • benefactress n. A female benefactor. • BENEFACTRESS n. a female benefactor. |
| CONDUCTRESS | • conductress n. (Dated) a female conductor. • CONDUCTRESS n. a woman who is a conductor. |
| DETRACTRESS | • detractress n. (Obsolete) A female detractor. • DETRACTRESS n. a female detractor. |
| DIRECTRESS | • directress n. A female director. • DIRECTRESS n. a female director, also DIRECTRICE, DIRECTRIX. |
| DOCTRESS | • doctress n. (Archaic) A female doctor. • DOCTRESS n. a female doctor. |
| ELECTRESS | • electress n. (Rare, dated) A woman who can vote in an election. • electress n. (Now historical) The wife of a German elector, often used as a title. • ELECTRESS n. the wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire, also ELECTORESS. |
| EXACTRESS | • exactress n. A female exactor. • EXACTRESS n. a female exactor. |
| INSTRUCTRESS | • instructress n. (Dated) A female instructor. • INSTRUCTRESS n. a woman who is an instructor. |
| LECTRESS | • lectress n. (Dated) A female lector. • LECTRESS n. a female lector. |
| MALEFACTRESS | • malefactress n. A woman who violates the law or does evil; a female malefactor. • MALEFACTRESS n. a female malefactor. |
| PROTECTRESS | • protectress n. A female protector. • PROTECTRESS n. a female protector, also PROTECTRIX. |
| RECTRESS | • rectress n. Alternative form of rectoress. • RECTRESS n. a female rector, a rector's wife, also RECTORESS. |
| SEDUCTRESS | • seductress n. A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction. • seductress n. A woman who seduces. • SEDUCTRESS n. a woman who seduces. |
| VICTRESS | • victress n. Alternative form of victoress. • VICTRESS n. a female victor, also VICTORESS, VICTRIX. |